Meanings
plural JavaBeans · alternative rare java-bean
- Java programming languageA reusable software component written in Java, allowing access to its properties using standardized getter and setter methods.
Every Java user interface class is a JavaBeans component.
2009, Y. Daniel Liang, Introduction to Java Programming: Comprehensive Version, Prentice Hall, →ISBN, page 10501 more example
You then simply access the compiled JavaBean from all your JSP script pages.
2006, Susan Sales Harkins, Bryan Chamberlain, Darren McGee, Mastering Dreamweaver MX Databases, John Wiley and Sons, →ISBN, page 291Synonyms: bean
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA reusable software component written in Java, allowing access to its properties using standardized getter and setter methods.
Origin
From Java + bean, continuing the coffee association of the name, now often shortened to just bean.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Esperanto fabo
- faboreusable software component — see also bean
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JavaBean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/JavaBean
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